Bicycle rack and locking device.



No. 636,629. Patented Nov. 7, |899.

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CHARLES BUTCHER, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BICYCLE RACK AND LOCKING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,629, dated November'7, 1899.

Application filed May 2, 1899. Serial No. '715 ,289. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES BUTCHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Bicycle Racks andLocking Devicesof which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined bicycle rack andlocking device for the purpose of holding a bicycle in an uprightposition and securely locking it when not in use, as will hereinafter bemore fully shown and described, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure lrepresents a side elevation of the improveddevice, showing the rear wheel of a bicycle held and locked therein.Fig. 2 represents a detail side elevation of the said improved rack.Fig. 3 represents an end view of the same. Fig. 4 represents a verticalsection on the line 4 4, shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents across-section on the line 5 5, shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 represents atopplan view of the device, showing the hingeplate or wall-bracket removedand the lockbar drawn out of locked position relative to the rack. Fig.7 represents avertical section on the line 7 7, shown inFig. 4. Fig. 8represents a top plan view of the wall-bracket or hinge-plate, and Fig.9 represents a detail side elevation of the slotted lock-bar.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts of the drawings.

The device consists of a forked metal rack or wheel-holder A, adapted toreceive a portion of the tire B and rim C of abicycle-wheel, as shown.At the rear of said forked rack is arranged a vertical hinge-'pin A',which is connected at its top and bottom to the rack Aby means of ribs AA3, made integral with the hinge-pin A' and rack A. Between the saidhinge-pin A and rear of the rack A is a vertical slot A4, through whicha clip-plate D is introduced previous to securing said clipplate to thewall E or other stationary object, as shown. The metal clip-plate hasscrewholes near its vertical edges, by which it may4 5o be rigidly fixedby screws to the wall or sup` port E, and centrally between the verticaledges it is formed with avertical bend, semicircular in cross-section,in which the cylindrical hinge-pin A fits and turns. The clipplate is ofa height less than the distance between the upper and lower ribs or websA A3, which rigidly connect the upper and lower ends of the hinge-pin tothe forked holderA, whereby the hin ge-pin can be raised and lowered inthe semicircular bend, and is limited in its up-and-down movements bysaid ribs or webs A3 A". The upper edge of the bend is constructed witha plurality of notches d, with any of which the upper rib or web A canbe engaged.

If it is desired to hold the rack at or about a right angle relative tothe wall E, I simply raise the rack relative to the clip-plate D andswing the said rack until its rib A" comes directly above the middlenotch d in the clipplate, after which I lower the rack until said rib Ais caused to enter such middle notch, when the rack will beautomatically retained in the desired position. If it is desired to holdthe rack at any other angle relative to the wall, all that is necessaryto do is to raise the rack, as before, until its rib A is disengagedfrom the notch in the upper edge of the clipplate,after which the rackmaybe swung to the right or left and locked into any of the side notchesof the said hinge-plate. This is very advantageous, as it may not alwaysbe convenient to place the bicycle ata right angle to the wall or otherstationary object on which the hinge-plate is secured. In connectionwith said bicycle-rack I use a device for securely locking the wheel inposition, which is constructed as follows: Through the outer sideportions of the forked rack A are made perforations F F, adapted toreceive a sliding lock-bar G, provided with a longitudinal slot g, asshown in the drawings. Said lock-bar G has at one end a head orprojection g to prevent the said bar from being detached from the rackwhen its opposite end is locked by the padlock H, as shown in Figs. 1,2, 3, 5, and 9. For the purpose of preventing the said slotted lock-barfrom being entirely disconnected from the rack I insert and secure toone of the cheeks of the rack a pin I, (shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 6,)which passes loosely through the slot g in the said lock -bar G,

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which pin prevents the said lock-bar from being drawn out farther thanto the position shown in Fig. 6.

The invention is very simple and serves as an eective means for holdingand securing a bicycle in place, thus preventing its being carried awayor stolen.

lVhat I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is- A bicycle-lockingrack, comprising a forked holder having rearwardlyprojecting upper andlower ribs or webs, a vertical hinge-pin uniting the ribs or Webs, alocking-bar passing through the two members of the forked holder, and aclip-plate having a central, vertical semicylindrical bend formedbetween its ends and provided at its upper edge with a plurality oflooking-notches arranged at different angles to the flat vertical planeof said clip-plate, the vertical hinge-pin being journaled andvertically movable in the bend in the clip-plate to engage its upper ribor web with any one of the locking-notches, the said hinge-pin betweenthe upper and lower ribs or webs being of greater length than the bendin the clip-plate whereby the hinge-pin is capable of a limited verticalmovement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES BUTCHER.

Vitnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN, KARL A. ANDRN.

